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  Jared Pratt Family Association - Parley P. Pratt - Orson Pratt
The Jared Pratt Family Association, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest family history organizations in the nation.
Jared Pratt (1769-1839) was the father of one daughter and five sons--Anson, William, Parley, Orson and Nelson--four of whom joined the early Mormon Church.
One of these sons, Orson Pratt, founded the association in order to engage in ancestral genealogy research, as well as to keep track of the Pratt descendants.
jared.pratt-family.org   (414 words)

  
  JANE PRATT | Fashion Vue Magazine
Pratt was also a frequent contributor to VH-1 and EXTRA, where she interviewed celebrities like personalities as Madonna, Michael Jackson and Drew Barrymore.
On July 25, 2005, Pratt resigned from her position as editor in chief of Jane and would be leaving the company on September 30, 2005.
Pratt is married to actor and writer Andrew Shaifer and the couple have a daughter, Charlotte.
www.fashionvue.com /directory/jane-pratt.htm   (291 words)

  
  Jane Pratt Information
Jane Pratt (born 11 November 1962 in San Francisco, California) is the founding editor of Sassy and Jane.
Pratt was also a frequent contributor to VH-1 and EXTRA, where she was featured interviewing such personalities as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michael Stipe of REM, and Drew Barrymore.
Jane was nominated for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and Pratt was named "Editor of the Year" in 2002 by Adweek Magazine.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Jane_Pratt   (398 words)

  
  Jane Pratt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Pratt (born 11 November 1962 in San Francisco, California) is the founding editor of Sassy and Jane.
Pratt was also a frequent contributor to VH-1 and EXTRA, where she was featured interviewing such personalities as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michael Stipe of REM, and Drew Barrymore.
On 25 July 2005, Pratt announced that she was resigning from her position as editor in chief of Jane and would be leaving the company on 30 September 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jane_Pratt   (536 words)

  
 For Jane Pratt, life is not about finding a husband
Jane readers are traditionally single, college-educated, twenty-something women who make a median income of over $50,000, like many of the readers of traditional women’s titles.
But Pratt, who was editor in chief of the "alternative" young women’s magazine Sassy through its run from 1988 to 1994, says her readers don’t have a "Cosmo" attitude.
Pratt, who starred in two short-lived talk shows on Fox ("Jane") and Lifetime ("Jane Pratt") in between her editor runs at Sassy and Jane, has not ruled out a return to the small screen.
www.medialifemagazine.com /news2000/apr00/news60405.html   (624 words)

  
 Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jane also chafed at having to petition to Martha, the first wife, who was in charge of parceling the provisions to Orson's wives, for their weekly rations, to supplement her garden.
Jane was on her own with her little family of 7, ranging in ages from 3 to 14.
Pratt Orson bloomed under their care, and grew to a height of 6 feet, with blue eyes, a handsome, bright, gregarious young man. Records indicate that he was still living with the farmer's family when he was 15.
www.orsonprattbrown.com /jane-galbraith.html   (7237 words)

  
 Didn't We Almost Have It All: Jane Pratt Steps Down - Gawker
Pratt says, The years I ve spent editing Jane have been nothing less than thrilling but I have wanderlust to do new things and I will reveal the specifics as soon as I can.
Jane has become well-established to millions of young women who are so connected to the magazine s pop-culture sensibility and unapologetic voice that goes way beyond me as an individual.
Pratt became the youngest editor-in-chief of a magazine at the age of 24 as the founder of the celebrated teen title Sassy.
www.gawker.com /news/jane/didnt-we-almost-have-it-all-jane-pratt-steps-down-114181.php   (772 words)

  
 Jane Pratt: Jane Pratt Goes to Sirius Radio
From the "Jane rant" of each week to short segments produced "on the street," Jane's show will explore current events, her life, and through their calls, the lives of her listeners.
Pratt will interact heavily with listeners through phone calls and segments such as "Jane Needs Help" - during which listeners will be invited to help Jane with her problems - and "Songs We Love," during which Jane will talk to her listeners about the best new music.
Jane Radio joins an exciting and expanding lineup of women's programming on SIRIUS that includes Candace Bushnell's Sex, Success and Sensibility; Martha Stewart Living Radio; Cosmo Radio, Lighten Up with Richard Simmons, and two upcoming shows with Barbara Walters, Ask Barbara Anything and Barbara Walters' The Best of the Very Best.
gawker.com /news/jane-pratt/jane-pratt-goes-to-sirius-radio-202925.php   (537 words)

  
 Jane Pratt - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Jane Pratt, 36, has become the quintessential voice of today's young women - first as the Founding Editor of Sassy; then as the host of two television shows; and now with JANE, her signature magazine for women (18-34).
JANE marks Pratt's return to her publishing roots with a lifestyle magazine for a generation of women who have grown up with her.
Pratt was also a frequent contributor to VH-1 and EXTRA where she was featured interviewing such personalities as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michael Stipe of REM, Drew Barrymore, and others.
www.leadingauthorities.com /search/biography.htm?s=8721   (327 words)

  
 ETonline.com: Jane Pratt on Her Secret Past   (Site not responding. Last check: )
JANE PRATT, the Editor-in-Chief of the hip magazine Jane, opens up about her past eating disorder and only talks to ET about her battle with anorexia, how she survived the ordeal, and how she deals with the juxtaposition of running a women's magazine and keeping a healthy body image.
Pratt, whose April issue of Jane (on stands now) is the "Body Issue," says her anorexia stemmed from an illness.
Pratt says her post college weight was 140 pounds and only two years later she was a mere 95 pounds.
etonline.com /celebrities/33567/index.html   (366 words)

  
 Jane Magazine - A Sinking Ship? | PressEthic
There is tension on the staff that founder Jane Pratt left behind, and in recent days editors have been dashing for the exits.
It’s apparent to readers that if Jane Pratt really cared about the future of Jane Magazine she wouldn’t have kept it such a secret and made sure the transition to the new EIC wasn’t such a surprise.
Jane has become well-established to millions of young women who are so connected to the magazine’s pop-culture sensibility and unapologetic voice that goes way beyond me as an individual.
journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/pressethic/node/274   (520 words)

  
 Jane (magazine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane is a magazine created to appeal to the women who grew up reading Sassy Magazine, both of which were founded by Jane Pratt.
Sassy, created by Pratt in 1987, was intended to appeal to adolescent girls, but because of its sexual candor and coverage of topics other teen magazines didn't touch, such as the riot grrrl movement, its popularity exploded beyond its intended audience.
On 25 July 2005, Pratt announced that she was resigning from her position as editor in chief of Jane and would be leaving the company on 30 September 2005, exactly nine years after the magazine's debut.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jane_(magazine)   (350 words)

  
 Pratt Exiting Fairchild's Jane
Jane Pratt, founder and editor in chief of Fairchild Publication's Jane said today she will leaving the women's lifestyle and fashion monthly effective September 30.
Also, Pratt told Mediaweek she may be interested at some point in reviving the concept of Elizabeth, a fortysomething prototype that had been shelved by Fairchild.
Pratt launched Jane in September 1997 as a lifestyle title for women 18 to 34 with a more irreverent approach to pop culture, fashion and beauty.
www.mediaweek.com /mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000991351   (399 words)

  
 Tomato Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
I hoped that Pratt would pull it off; I hoped she would have a magic wand to wave at the genre.
Apparently, Pratt and I had the same naïve dream, because sad to say, she doesn’t pull it off.
But she doesn’t shake up the structure at all - JANE has all the predictable departments of its cohorts on the market: beauty and health at the front of the book, followed by a fashion spread, media reviews, sex and relationships, more fashion, a "newsy" piece, more fashion, a celebrity profile/interview, yet more fashion.
www.tomatonation.com /jane.shtml   (1129 words)

  
 Disney's millions create splashy newsstand debut
Pratt would seem to be anathema to Disney, which tends to shudder at controversy.
Setting Jane apart will be ''the mix of subjects, the tone and attitude,'' Pratt says, speaking in a mild twang acquired during her childhood in North Carolina.
Pratt says she became disenchanted with the show as its topics increasingly diverged from those of Sassy.
www.lubbockonline.com /direct/business/0997/disney.htm   (605 words)

  
 The Oberlin Review \ Arts Article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Long-distance from her big-shot office in New York, Pratt recalls the days of wine and roses at Oberlin in the '80s, with a sassy accent.
JP: Well, I was there for, like, eight years, and then I left to start Jane magazine, and about six months after I left, they sold the magazine to Teen, and folded it in, and then it became the anti-Sassy, so that's what happened to it.
You'd buy the magazine, but then you would bring it back and put it back on the stack when you were done reading it, because that way, the magazine would get it as a return, as if it hadn't been bought.
www.oberlin.edu /~ocreview/archives/1997.10.03/arts/jane.html   (1402 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Jane [with $5 Bonus]: Magazines   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jane (her readers call her by her first name) and her best friends (who just happen to work at Jane) gossip about what to wear to that cool party, who is the gutsiest or wimpiest celebrity, or which cold medicine tops the road test ("Phlegm Be Damned").
Jane Pratt is a genius and that's all it comes down to.
Jane is for divas, plain and simple, and people who haven't outgrown their high-school clique complexes.
www.amazon.com /Jane-with-5-Bonus/dp/B00005N7UY   (1322 words)

  
 Holley Named New Editor of Jane
Pratt will stay at the magazine until Sept. 30, after which she will remain on the masthead as a founding editor.
Pratt says she intends to appear in Jane as a guest editor periodically.
Pratt has also said she has interest in reviving her concept for a lifestyle magazine for fortysomething women called Elizabeth.
www.mediaweek.com /mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001010928   (385 words)

  
 Jane Pratt - Moviefone
New York, July 25, 2005 Jane Pratt, founder and editor-in-chief of Jane...
Berner says, Jane Pratt has created a magazine that is a phenomenon for...
Jane Pratt - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Jane Pratt Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/jane-pratt/364621/main   (107 words)

  
 Cloud - Pratt Family Reunion of August 9, 1930, Cameron, Milam county, Texas
Thomas Newton Cloud (1858-1914) married Martha Jane Pratt (1864-1891) in November of 1879.
W.J. Pratt and his wife, Sarah, were the original members of the family.
Two of their children, Jim Pratt of Milano and G.W. Pratt of Rice, are at the reunion.
mykindred.com /cloud/TX/cloud-pratt-reun.htm   (725 words)

  
 Glossed Over: Jane Pratt
Jane’s publisher, Carlos Demadrid, made it plain that the changes in the magazine’s aesthetic are not solely artistic choices.
Also, Pratt told Mediaweek she may be interested at some point in reviving the concept of Elizabeth, a fortysomething prototype that had been shelved by Fairchild.
We hope Jane realizes how fortunate she was to be blessed with both an advertiser-friendly first and middle name--and a sense of self-worth strong enough to name not one but two magazines after herself.
www.glossedover.com /glossed_over/jane_pratt   (2048 words)

  
 Former Jane Editor Claims Sex Romp With Drew | Usmagazine.com
Jane Pratt, the former editor of Jane magazine, claims she got it on like Donkey Kong with actress Drew Barrymore.
This Jane Pratt is RANK ~ it does sound like she is name dropping in the attempt to gain a name of her own.
sounds like Jane Pratt the imminent c/d lister that she is and always has been, is trying to make her 15th minutes last as long as possible by dragging up b.s.
www.usmagazine.com /drew_barrymore_2   (1003 words)

  
 Salon | Media Circus: Jane's affliction
hen the first issue of Jane Pratt's much-awaited new magazine hit the stands last month, you could practically hear the excited squeals of all those 20-year-old ex-Sassy fans.
We'd been waiting a long time for Jane, the magazine that was, according to a conversation Pratt had with Ms.
Given the near-constant advertising boycott problems of Sassy, the big surprise isn't that Jane is blatantly ad/fashion/beauty-driven: it's that someone trusted Pratt once again with a glossy budget.
www.salon.com /media/1997/11/12media.html   (842 words)

  
 metro
If you’re female and old enough to remember a time when Chloe Sevigny wasn’t famous (but young enough to care that she is), chances are Jane Pratt helped shape your worldview.
In the ’90s, she moved on from the teen-focused Sassy to launch the 20-something-friendly Jane magazine, which she left last year.
Her return to the media spotlight last week as the host of “Jane Radio” on the Sirius satellite network came as the New York Post published a report claiming Pratt denied being forced out of Jane by her publisher and admitted to a past sexual relationship with actress Drew Barrymore.
ny.metro.us /metro/local/article/Hear_Jane_host/7798.html   (671 words)

  
 Media Blitz: Jane Pratt jumping from 20-somethings to 30-somethings / Jossip
Media Blitz: Jane Pratt jumping from 20-somethings to 30-somethings
Jane Pratt's been spotted at Time Inc. meeting with chief Norman Pearlstine, fueling rumors she's ready to put out that 35-and-up magazine she's been chatting about.
Meanwhile, Brandon Holley takes a stab at explaining to Jane readers why her name isn't, in fact, Jane.
www.jossip.com /gossip/jane-pratt/media-blitz-jane-pratt-jumping-from-20somethings-to-30somethings-20051005.php   (358 words)

  
 Time Out New York / Jane Pratt
After a year-plus hiatus, Jane Pratt is back.
Those into more-passive enjoyment can tuck into two new Jane-themed books due out next month: Falling Out of Fashion, a little too-true-to-life novel by her former assistant Karen Yampolsky; and How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time, by Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer.
You left Jane in 2005 in a bit of a media frenzy.
www.timeout.com /newyork/Details.do?page=1&xyurl=xyl://TONYWebArticles1/600/hot_seat/jane_pratt.xml   (627 words)

  
 American Journalism Review   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jane magazine throws a contest to allow winning readers to switch jobs with its editor in chief, Jane Pratt.
Jane magazine makes reader participation a little more direct: The 10-times-a-year women's mag throws a contest to switch jobs with its editor in chief, Jane Pratt.
Contestants were supposed to critique Jane's letter from the editor, but the winners instead created their own version, as if they were already editing the magazine.
www.ajr.org /Article.asp?id=1053   (253 words)

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